Approx. 3 years ago , my older brother(Lee) committed suicide at the age of 44. Lee suffered from mental illness all of his adult life. He was HEAVILY medicated to Control his schizophrenia. Some years back when his 2nd wife was looking for an acceptable excuse to give her church as ground for divorce, she accused him of inappropriately touching her young daughters from a previous relationship. Out of love for the girls who were being coached by an aunt & uncle who never did approve of their sister marrying a white man. Lee plead guilty to a lesser charge to spare the girls having to lie in court. This was a sad situation considering that WI. is a NO fault state and Debbie His X, did not need a legal reason for divorce,just one that would assure she would not be dis-fellowshipped from the Jehovah Witnesses. It was after all this that he fell into a deep depression, attempted suicide and ended up in the nut ward @ Co. hospital. Well ,that’s a little back round, problem is, My Dad and brother have the same first and last names. My dad who looks quite young for his 60+ years has been confused with Lee when his name was put into a computer. My dad is terrified that some day he may end up in a situation, with the internet , police checks etc. he may Unknowingly be confused with his son who is a convicted child molester never having the chance to set them straight. Is there ANY way of having a diciest family members name and record removed from court records ,police checks etc. ?
November 1, 2009
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This could become a real problem for your father. I know of a man here where I Iive who was kept in Jail for 30 hours because his name was the same as another mans name who had a warrant out for his arrest. It did not matter that he had a different Social Security Number than the man who was really wanted by the police. It did not matter that he was a different race than the man who was really wanted by the police. It did not matter that he was 6 feet tall with no distinguishing marks and the man that was really wanted by the police was 5′ 6″. All that mattered was that they had the same name. He was not allowed to call home so that his wife and children would not be worried when he did not show up at home after work. When the police from the next town(who were the ones that had the warrant for him) came to pick him up they were the ones who knew that this was not the man they wanted. He was then released. 30 Hours later.
I would advise you to consult an attorney and see what could be done.
Comment by #1Patrio — November 1, 2009 @ 3:27 am
Police checks and FBI checks use social security numbers and or finger prints. . . if he gets confused via name it can easily be cleared up by finger prints.
Comment by courage — November 1, 2009 @ 3:55 am
Firstly, I am so sorry for everything your family has had to go through.
But I really think you need to take this one up with a lawyer. . . I see no reason why it couldn’t be removed, seeing how he’s deceased.
Comment by Captain James T Kirk — November 1, 2009 @ 4:45 am
Ditto
Comment by ♥ LIFE!!! — November 1, 2009 @ 4:55 am
nope
Comment by supersta — November 1, 2009 @ 5:29 am
im pretty sure they did this already since he is not living. why would they need it?sorry for your loss
Comment by Steven B — November 1, 2009 @ 5:43 am